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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Carb loading

With the exception of refueling at the Whole Foods bakery after a long run, my favorite part about running is carb loading the night before a race. It's true, I really do run to eat.

Today I had a pretty low-key morning, which was nice. Jerry was off work, so I spent some time with him just catching up on a few of our shows. We took the kids to the mall. I went to Vitamin World so I could get some more protein powder. Amazon apparently doesn't carry my favorite flavor anymore.

I had plans with Renee and Jessica to go pick up our race packets for tomorrow. I drove to Jessica's, and then she drove us to Renee's. Then we all went to the high school to pick up our packets. It was good to spend some time with Renee, even if it was just in the car. I feel like I never see her anymore, and I miss her!

She had plans for dinner already, so just Jessica and I went out to eat. We decided to carb load at an Italian restaurant. I ordered gnocci with meat sauce and cheese. It came with salad and bread. I ate almost all of it, and totally regreted it when I was done. I felt too full. Oh, and Jessica and I split a tirimisu for dessert.

We were laughing during dinner because we said that if we knew each other when we were fat, we would definitely be best bingeing buddies. A lot of people have told me that they had a friend (or friends) that they would binge eat with--going out to dinner, just having friends over for food and drinks, etc. I've never had a friend like that--I was always "the fat one" and I tried to hide it and eat how my friends did.

But Jessica and I are seriously kindred spirits when it comes to food! ;) It's a good thing we're both maintaining a large weight loss, because we keep each other in check when we need to. But we do enjoy refueling together!

After dinner, we went right to our wine club meeting. I was too full to enjoy any of the food Melissa prepared, unfortunately. And I only had a few sips of wine, just enough to taste it. Melissa was celebrating her recent divorce, so she had a "survivor" theme. I didn't want to stay late because of the half-marathon tomorrow, so Jessica and I left at 8:30. We have to meet tomorrow at 5:45 in the morning for the race!

Here is our group Winers photo:

The whole group for this month's meeting

Jessica, me, and Renee

Jessica said we look like we've been spending too much time together--we did not dress alike on purpose!

Wow! You look incredible! You have really inspired me to get more involved in structured running. I run on occasion but have always been reluctant to really commit to something as tough as a half marathon or marathon. Good luck with the race!

I'd love to hear from you! I read all of my comments, and if you have a question, I do my best to respond; sometimes, however, I get busy and forget to go back to reply, so if it's important, just email me! :)

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Current Running Schedule

Mon- rest

Tue- Speed work

Wed- Easy run

Thu- rest

Fri- Easy run

Sat- Easy run

Sun- Long run

After training hard and running my best 10K this year, I am taking it easy through the summer. I run following the 80/20 Running ratio. For my easy runs, I use a heart rate monitor to keep my heart rate in the "easy" zone.

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